US House strikes down Trump’s border emergency
US President Donald Trump says he is '100%' certain to issue a veto if the House and Senate override his emergency declaration. – EPA pic, February 27, 2019.
THE US House of Representatives dealt a blow to President Donald Trump yesterday, approving a resolution blocking him from obtaining funding for a Mexican border wall through his declaration of a national emergency. Dismissing a veto threat by the president, the Democratic-controlled House struck down Trump’s emergency declaration by a comfortable margin of 245-182, sending the measure to the Republican-held Senate.
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